Generalized analytical solar radiation pressure modeling algorithm for spacecraft of complex shape

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 840-848

  Ziebart, Marek ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Geomatic Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EARTH (PLANET); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO); MEDIUM EARTH ORBIT (MEO); PRESSURE MODELING; SPACECRAFT STRUCTURES;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 7544242234     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.13097     Document Type: Article

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